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O'HARLES E. MOORE, OF'BOSTON, AND MARTIN n WYMAN, or' MELROSE;

MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters-Patent .N (107,399, dated -|S'eptemlier 13, 1870.

IIIBAPRO'YTEIMENT IN MAGHINS'TOR'MKINGMPAPER CQLLAISp The Schedulereferred to in than Pafentand partl of the samal rangement of thefeed-rolls, so that the paper mustH pass 'the embosscrs before it entersbetween the feedrolls, the object being to draw thc paper from theembosseis, instead of pushing it through from the front.

The other parts of our invention relate to the arrangenieufof thecutters and embossers upon two separatc heads, the :ma ngexnent of thefeed-rolls between these heads, andthe'nechauism for actuating theseheads', the objects ,being to make the machine more certain in ditsoperation, less likely to become deranged,

and generally better and more practical.v

In the accompanying drawing- ".*Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Figure-2, a central vertical section-from front to i Figure 3, a frontelevation.

The other iignr'es show details.

B and C arc two cross-heads, each operated at the .same time by thelevers G G, which are pivoted .at their fnlcrnms H H, to the tia'meeA.

These levers are connected'wththc heads by means of thedjustableconnecting-rods D E. '.Lhellejgids'cxfy 'is'obrionsly highly preferableto the former.

tend ,through ways 'in the frame A.

. The? rodsare made adjustable by means of the thnmlrscrews fj, in orderto regulate the rise and fall of the heads.

The levels .G v(.lr areoscilated bymeznis of eccentrics upon the'shaftJ, to which they are connectedby thc rods d d, and to this shaft themotive power is applied.

' The feed-rolleis g Ii. are actuated by means of the,

wheel P, which is connected by. the rod 0 to the seg mental lack M, andthus oscillates thc rack and its pinion L.

This' pinion is connected with thc latchet-wheel K by the pawl S and the-aria r, and this ratchetwhcel is attached directly to the roller h, sothat, when the pinion L-'is revolved by thc rack in one direction, nomotion is imparted to rthe ratchetfwheel l, but, when in the otherdirection, its motion is imparted to this ratchet-wheel, and to thc.roller to which it is attached.

'lhc button-hole cutters' and the enibossers are :ichV

, andthe, shown in liga. 4 unl c a areithe end button-holecutteracapable of adjustment for the dirent sizes of collars. .Thematrix of the central button-hole cntter'is shown in iig. 5, and bothpunch and matrix in iig-2.

The paper is fed into the machine beneath the head G, and between thefeed-rolls. The head@ descends and embosse's c ne collar andbutton-holes another, while the headB descends and' cuts cnt theecllar,which 4hasbeen cmbossedand button-holed, so' that each isacted uponthree times; twice by the head O,

.rsa to' button-hole it, andl second,- to emboss it, 'and thirdly, bythc head B', to cnt it out, three separate collars being acte'rl npcnat'each revolution of the machine. While the heads rise, the feed-rollsare ref volved, and thus feed the paper the proper distance,

to lniu'gr the collarwhich .hasjnst been einbnssedjntatA the properposition to be out out'.

- vThe button-hole cutters may beurrenged in relationA to thc embossers,so that the same' collar .maybe I button-holed andenibossed at the sametime, ory the button-holingmaybc done in the old way,on a sepzw ratemachine; we prefer, however, the way shown.

So far as'ive know, the paper has,heretofore,alwaysv passedbctween thefeedrolls before it was actednpon by the einbossers`, or, indeed actedupon at all, except i'n thcscases .wh cre 'the cmbossers were a part ot'the feed-rolls; conseqnen tl y, it was always pushed toward,

L and. never has heretofore been drawn away from' the embosselrs by thefeed-rolls, which latter arrangement When the cutters and embossers areupon the same head', the cutters are liable to be disarranged by theactionjof the einbosScrs. To-obviate this diilicnlty, we

are also enabled to a'range the feed-rolls between these two heads, andto apply to the headsa varying amount of power, as it is well-known thatless power i s required" to'actnate the cutting-liead than theembossing-head.

' We do not claim all means of imparting a different `degree of power tothe heads, as the principle of this part of our invention consists intheuse of a lever,

which drives the heads, so that one head shall have' less motion andmore power than the other, by reason ot' thc heads' being .connected atdiierent points of the' leren'. lhc mechanism for connecting, the leversand the heads is the best Aknownamln sfl'rnt it is obvious .thatot-hcrlncchanismsefor this purpose may be devised.

We dc'not claim the combination of a feeding-mech- Y anisin with ancmbosser and plunger, and punch and die, as this ieoldgand is describedinthe patenttgmnted to l). M. Smyth, Decemberv 5, 1860; .but the mech-:miem described in that Nient WM impcrfect.'fnr' the ,i propei"relationbetween the stitching :md the edge of the Cohan'. v

This puiof our im'ent-ion is an impx'oxement Yupon the Smyth machine,ami consists wholly in substituting for the reciprocating mbie and-giiping fingers of Sinjsih's machine, the feed-mils, whoreby'we make nmuch moreaccuiaiie :md practicai machine, thenuniber of inperfecteoliars, i. .,'imperfect.Y by reason of thestitcningnoi. being in theproper relation to tho alge, being'duced more #han ihren-quarters.

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1. The arrangement, as above described, ofthe feedrols ami the.embossexs, so that the paper Iba be drawn away from the emhossers by thefeed-rolls.

2. The arrangement of -'che feedroiis between two separate heads, thefn'sb of which nctnates the embosscm, :md the second the cutters, asdesclibe.

3. The combination of the overs and the two sep- :1ra te, hoods.substantially as described.

' CHARLES E. MOORE.

MARTIN L; TMAX \\"`itn'esses:

,E, MAYXADIER, .Elus F. SLBEPER.

